Esscom Not To Be Blamed For Abductions, Says Junaidi

Details Published on Monday, 07 April 2014 08:51

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said there was no absolute fool-proof method to tackle security issues. Pic: The Malay MailPETALING JAYA: Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has hit back at critics of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), saying that there are no fool-proof security measures.

These programmes are effective to a certain extent but there is no absolute fool-proof method to tackle security issues, Wan Junaidi said.

There will always be isolated cases. To guarantee nothing will happen is impossible.

Esscom was slammed after the kidnapping of two foreigners from a resort near Semporna, Sabah, last Wednesday. It was the second such case off the coast of Sabah over the past five months.

Junaidi said the programme was intended to coordinate security operations with the military and the police, and also to report them to the Sabah chief minister and then to the prime minister.

If we learn from history, for example the Templer Plan that was implemented during the Communist insurgency in 1948 and the Rajang Area Security Command (Rascom) programme from 1972 to 1976, these were some of the best efforts to concentrate operations for security.

But in spite of these efforts, incidences of fighting and killing still occurred.

He also said there were numerous resort operators around the Sabah coast, as well as thousands of people staying and working there.

All resorts should also beef up their security by improving communications and CCTV cameras within their premises.

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Esscom Not To Be Blamed For Abductions, Says Junaidi